How did you make $$ in college?
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I'm a hustler baby!
I worked at Convergys for 2 years doing tech support on the Dell account. During Jr. College I worked at a Sears dept store for a year and a half. I also did customer service for the St. Pete Times for about 6 months.
I worked at Convergys for 2 years doing tech support on the Dell account. During Jr. College I worked at a Sears dept store for a year and a half. I also did customer service for the St. Pete Times for about 6 months.
I worked second shift (3PM to 2AM) at Rooms To Go's Lakeland warehouse. It was nice with 4 10-hour shifts. My schedule was Monday through Thursday which matched my class schedule at USF so I always had a 3-day weekend to catch up on papers and sleep and what not.
Hard work in a hot, humid environment but it paid the bills. My brother and I shared a place in Tampa after moving out of our parents' house my freshman year. I look back and wonder how I did it, getting home at 3 AM and back up at 8 for classes and then straight to work after the last class was done at 2 PM. No way I could do that again.
Hard work in a hot, humid environment but it paid the bills. My brother and I shared a place in Tampa after moving out of our parents' house my freshman year. I look back and wonder how I did it, getting home at 3 AM and back up at 8 for classes and then straight to work after the last class was done at 2 PM. No way I could do that again.
Jiffy Lube. They wanted me to be a manager after I graduated but I passed. I still wonder if I had accepted the offer if my house in the Hamptons would be paid off by now.
I worked there too. Started on Dell and got transferred to Gateway. Would've been 2000ish?
When I went to UF I worked at the movie theatre at the Oaks mall. When I went to UCF I worked at Convergys, then Best Buy (E. Colonial). I took a break from school and when I went back I was working as a land surveyor.
Worked 60 hours between Burger King by campus & Orlando City Rec dept. Was full-time rec during summers (day camp counselor) and full-time BK during the school year, mostly on the closing shift.
Delivered pizzas part time and had a paid part time internship at Westinghouse. Got offered a management position at the pizza place that paid way more than I could get at Westinghouse after graduation, so I took that and left school for seven years. Got tired of the rigorous schedule and saw the ceiling of opportunity and thought I needed something better, so I went back to UCF to finish my degree part time while working full time in management. Finished my degree and took a 30% pay cut to get a job in engineering, which I have since tripled.
Bootlegged Maker's Mark from Kentucky to Oklahoma four times a year. This was back in the late 80's when nobody had ever heard of it, it was only sold in a few states, and was impossible to find in bars in the two or three states that did distribute it. This was back before kids could get credit cards too. I got my friend at the bank to issue one to me. I would load it up, make a run right before schools started, then get back and sell it off in a couple of hours, retire the credit card debt and have enough money left over to not have to worry about money for a couple of months and just play soccer. Two or three times a year, I'd make more money in a single day than the frat row dealers on Bid Day.
After two years, that scam came to a crashing halt when Maker's rapidly expanded, including into Oklahoma. So I worked the front desk of a dorm and tutored athletes, had my radio show, and taught soccer lessons to little kids.
After two years, that scam came to a crashing halt when Maker's rapidly expanded, including into Oklahoma. So I worked the front desk of a dorm and tutored athletes, had my radio show, and taught soccer lessons to little kids.
Had only a couple of jobs. Worked at Disney for a bit because my friend on this board wanted to work there and we could car pool. Then worked at TJ Maxx for a couple months. Then started working on an internship for the UCF College of Sciences as a help desk technician. That was a pretty good job. Got to drive around the campus with my golf cart and nearly run people over. ![[devil]](https://ct.yimg.com/mr/uploads/891/1681918.png "Devil [devil]")
$20 an hour as an engineering intern 10 years ago.
Same here. As a college student, on a full ride, making that kind of money, I felt like this guy:
It was usf. You didn't even need to go to class to graduate, I guess they didn't tell you
$20 an hour as an engineering intern 10 years ago.
That is about what I made as Commercial Fisherman, back in the mid 70's
I did my undergrad at TU '85 to '89. Did lawschool at TU '91 to '94. Lived in dorms '85 and then apartments afterwards. Hung out with several footballers: Donnie Dee, Doug Oilnik, Chad Craig. We played on same intramural bball. I think I remember you ... were you Kappa Sig?
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Worked in UCF computer lab. Summers I would work at a marina. Occasionally crew a boat from north Florida/Caroline's to Lauderdale for customer delivery.
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